[GreenKeys] cleaning solutions

[Ralph Mowery]

>A friend of mine works for safety Kleen, and I asked him one day if I could
> purchase 5 or 10 gallons of the stuff they vend to their own rental
> machines.
>
> at the time, he was a new hire, and did not wish to bend company protocol
> ...
> and politely apologized, and was not able to help me out ... but he
> mentioned
> a work around as the local petroleum product jobber I have an account with
> (I
> purchase red farm and ranch diesel with no road tax included, it saves 75
> cents per gallon at this jobber, they deliver 1000 gallons to my overhead
> tank)
>
> He told me to ask for "Stoddard Solvent" they have a pump for this
> product,
> and it runs about the same price as standard diesel.  The pitch seems to
> be
> that this product is not volatile, and does not support combustion.  I
> have
> purchased it and used it in a solvent tank with associated pump, etc.,
> works OK,
> and yes, it seems hygroscopic, as it drives the moisture out of your hands
> if
> you do not use gloves, I can only assume that it is like WD-40, and drives
> into
> your lower layers of skin as well.  Probably hard on your kidneys who
> knows.
>
> I do know that the Tri-Chloretheylene, commonly called "Troche" and
> perhaps
> used by the dry cleaners, is not trust worthy of your health.  the old
> Carbon
> tetrachloride was a killer as well.
>
> My preference is to remove the platen, motor, and rubber items completely,
> and soak anything mechanical in Kerosene (#1 Diesel,) or # 2 diesel
> (standard hi
> test clear diesel) over night or for a week.  allow the item to drip dry
> via
> a grill or refrigerator rak placed upon the solvent container, and then
> lightly blow dry, then allow the item to sit on rags up side down till
> completely
> free of the diesel.


The drycleaning fluid is Perchloroethylene (also called PERC) .  Sort of bad
stuff to work with.  Don't breath too much of it in a close space.  Also
will take about all the oil out of your skin.

I have tried several times to post a gun cleaning solution that should work 
well for the teletype machines but the spam filter cuts it out.  Do a search 
for Ed's Red.
It is a mix of:

1 part Dexron II or IIe ATF, GM Spec. D-20265 or later.
1 part Kerosene - deodorized, K1
1 part Aliphatic Mineral Spirits, or Stoddard Solvent,
  Fed. Spec. TT-T-2981F, CAS #64741-49-9 (aka "Varsol")
1 part Acetone, CAS #67-64-1.